NHRA Today: Courtney Force looking for fast start in Charlotte
How important is a win in the first race of the Countdown to the championship at this weekend’s NHRA Carolina Nationals? “It’s huge,” according to Courtney Force, driver of the…
Worsham looks to repeat hot Countdown start
Del Worsham got red-hot at the perfect time a season ago, winning four races in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship to claim his first Funny Car world title. This year, Worsham is ahead of that remarkable pace and…
Something old, something new
A lot of things make the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals the must-see event that it is, and two of Indy’s most notable features are events that put NHRA Sportsman racers front and center. Each year, the Mopar Hemi Challenge and, more…
Lebanon Valley Dragway hosts NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Finals
NHRA’s top drag racers from tracks across the Northeast division will be at Lebanon Valley Dragway to square off in head-to-head competition at the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals, September 15-17. Top points earning…
NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series kicks off in Indy
Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis will host the 40th Annual NHRA Summit Racing Series North Central Division Finals, September 16-18. The event will feature teams of the series’ best racers representing NHRA Member Tracks from across the…
Night at the Museum: Art Chrisman's fabled #25
Art Chrisman’s famed #25 dragster is the focus of this week's visit to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by AAA. Chrisman cemented its place in the history books when it was the first car to make a pass at the 1955…
Ferré will make Top Fuel debut in Charlotte
Cameron Ferré, who has enjoyed success in both NHRA Sportsman and Jr. Drag Racing, will make his Top Fuel debut at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at the wheel of the Paton family dragster. Ferré, a former NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag…
Rising star Pritchett onto the next goal
Through numerous trials and tribulations, Leah Pritchett persevered and accomplished her goal of reaching the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship for the first time in her…
JFR working overtime in preparation for Countdown launch
After Robert Hight’s booming blower explosion at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals and earlier incidents this season involving team drivers John and Courtney Force, the repair work has…
Indy Sportsman coverage on FS1, FS2
Lucas Oil Sportsman coverage from the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals will air a number of times this month, beginning with the premiere, Thursday, Sept. 15 at 10 p.m. on FS2. Additionally airings of Sportsman action from the “Big Go…
Crampton, Todd workouts go beyond weights
Top Fuel drivers Richie Crampton and J.R. Todd battle it out not just on the dragstrip but in the workout room, too, as the 330-mph NHRA Mello Yello stars go through a specially formulated fitness,…
Mopar revving up to rock Reading with Mopar Mega Block Party
The Mopar brand is bringing the bash to Pennsylvania with the inaugural Mopar Mega Block Party free fan-admission event, scheduled to rock FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading from 4 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. The stadium’s baseball diamond…
NHRA Today: Funny Car's top seed Capps eyes championship run
Ron Capps enters the Countdown to the Championship as the top seed in Funny Car after a strong regular season that included five wins in his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger. For all of his successes, the veteran racer and 50-time tour winner has yet…
Championship picks
The 2016 Countdown to the Championship kicks off this weekend at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway, the first of six races that will determine this year's world champions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle. Antron…
Hight focused on championship hunt heading to Charlotte
It didn’t take long for Robert Hight to shift his focus to the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship. In fact, the 2009 Funny Car world champion was already in playoff mode the moment he…
Force, NASCAR's Busch compare championship strategies
NHRA's Brittany Force and NASCAR's Kurt Busch met the media to preview their championship chases. Force, far lane, beat Busch in a two-of-three match race in matching COPO…
NHRA Today: Capps team bouncing back from Indy mishap
Ron Capps’ Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals – and the balance of his season -- took an unexpected turn Sunday at the event when his parachutes failed to deploy at the end of his winning first-round Traxxas Nitro Shootout race with…
Crew Chief Confidential: Bobby Lagana Jr.
Bobby Lagana Jr. grew up at dragstrips in the Northeast. He and brother Dom joined late father Bobby Sr. and late mother Marie at match races, IHRA events, and annual stops at the Reading and Englishtown NHRA events. The second-oldest of four kids…
For Hagan, ‘Old No. 4’ turned out to be No. 1
(Above) Old No. 4 was pulled down from the rafters (below) above the DSR crew chief offices in Brownsburg, Ind., where old Funny Car chassis patiently wait for their chance to race again. Joe Fitzpatrick, Don Schumacher…
One-on-one with "Papa John" at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals
"Papa John," the founder of a pizza empire and the sponsor of Leah Pritchett¹s Top Fuel dragster, joined the Don Schumacher Racing driver in Indianapolis for the 62nd annual Chevrolet…
A 'fiberglass forest' in Indy
It was only appropriate during this yearlong celebration of 50 Years of Funny Car that the world’s biggest and greatest drag race host the best display of vintage Funny Cars this season, and so it was that at the Chevrolet Performance U.S…
Heart of the NHRA: Karting race for charity
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series stars took to the twists and turns of the Speedway Indoor Karting go-kart track Wednesday, Aug. 31, prior to the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals for a charity karting event to raise money for…
Seven years later, Force, Pedregon officially bury the hatchet
It was one of the wildest off-track moments to ever take place at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, and seven years later, John Force and Tony Pedregon officially buried the hatchet – on national TV, no less – after their…
Tony Schumacher's Indy magic
At the recent Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, Tony Schumacher, already the winningest Top Fuel driver in Indy history entering the event, added his 10th career win at the world’s biggest drag race to become the winningest Pro-class…
Top Ten Bonneville photos with NHRA photographer Marc Gewertz
For many a drag racing and hot rodding fan, a trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats is one of those “bucket list” trips. NHRA National Dragster photographer Marc Gewertz spent a weekend off from his NHRA duties at Speed Week at the…
Pacific Raceways takes Division 6 Summit Series team title
MISSION, B.C. – Pacific Raceways captured the team championship while Sean Shaffer, John Leage, Mark Owens, and Kevin Bromley took home the individual honors at the NHRA Northwest Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Mission Raceway Park.…
Veterans dominate Indy sportsman racing
“The best teams always seem to find a way to rise to the occasion, especially when the spotlight is the brightest.” Those words come from Top Fuel racer Tony Schumacher, who won the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals for the…
Strong start at the NHRA Carolina Nationals important for world championship aspirations
A great start to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship is imperative if a driver hopes to win a world championship and the epitome of that took place a year ago at the state-of-the-art zMAX Dragway. All four winners…
Holbrook crushes Indy Factory Stock field
Chris Holbrook, near lane, drove his new Varsity Ford Cobra Jet to the SAM Tech Factory Stock Showdown title with a final-round win over Stephen Bell's COPO Camaro. Along the way, Holbrook made the sport's quickest Stock pass with an 8.23…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Monday Notebook
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